18 ways your office job is destroying you

February 25, 2013 |Houston Chronicle Web Staff

There are plenty of things you do every day in the workplace that are slowly chipping away at you. See 18 things that are slowly ruining you.

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Smartphone overuse: People who use their smartphones heavily to text and email are prone to muscle fatigue and "Blackberry Thumb," which is a type of RSI. The effects can get so bad that the pain can reach all the way up to your wrist and can be utterly debilitating to your hands. (Photo: William Hook, Flickr)

Smartphone overuse: People who use their smartphones heavily to text and email are prone to muscle fatigue and "Blackberry Thumb," which is a type of RSI. The effects can get so bad that the pain can reach all the way up to your wrist and can be utterly debilitating to your hands. (Photo: William Hook, Flickr)